Hello , Hi there and welcome to the next edition of the HBHW newsletter. I can't believe it is only Wednesday. This week so far has been insanely busy and it doesn't look like things will let up until Friday afternoon. I'm going to be ready for a nice and relaxed weekend. So far we don't have any plans and I hope it stays that way. I'm ready for at least one day of nothing but watching football or movies, doing some reading and lots of knitting time. How about
you?
Last night I had a chance to teach the kids of our local 4-H group to knit. It was a challenge, but we had a great time. The kids did incredibly well and while there was a bit of frustration in the beginning (as is to be expected when you're learning a new skill), they had
great time playing with sticks and yarn. It looks like we'll be doing a regular knitting group for those interested in addition to our usual 4-H meetings. I'm enjoying passing on a skill I learned from my grandmother.
Of course I'm doing quite a bit of knitting (and a little sewing) myself. Christmas isn't all that far away and it's time to get moving on those homemade gifts.
Speaking of Christmas, did you get a chance to sign up for the Stress Free Holiday Challenge? We started on Monday, but there's plenty of time to catch up. You can sign up here (it's free):
In today's newsletter, you'll find a yummy chicken recipe, some fun
snack ideas and in the article, I share some of my favorite slow cooker soup recipes - perfect for Fall and Winter.
There's also a new
"I"m Looking for Request" take a look and see if you can help out a fellow HBHW readers.
If you have a recipe you're looking for, email me
at susanne@hillbillyhousewife.com and I'd be glad to feature it and give you my own input. HBHW readers are an amazing resource when it comes to lost recipes as well.
Enjoy!
Susanne
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Hi there, long time subscriber. I have a recipe I have been looking and looking for with no luck. I made these cookies back in the 1980’s and lost it in a fire in the 90’s.
It is a strawberry cookie. I used real strawberries with orange juice, flour and Not sure what else. No cake mix was used. I miss this cookie and am
sure my family now would love to eat them too. Forget where I got it, but it might have been Prevention, or Organic Gardening or Backwoods Home mags. Hoping someone liked them like I did and still has the recipe somewhere out there in internet land.
Thank you for offering this help. Appreciate all you do and glad you were ok with all the weather lately. Feel for all that lost their life and those that lost their
property.
Thank you kindly,
RebeccaH
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“Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.”
- William Cullen Bryant
Featured Recipe of the Week |
Lemon-Peppered Chicken
- 1 broiler-fryer chicken (3 lb.),
quartered
- 1/2 to 1 tablespoon lemon peels grated
- 1/3 cup lemon juice (about 2 large lemons)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon parsley minced
- 1 teaspoon dried fine herbs, crushed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
This recipe makes 4 servings.
Preheat oven to 375°. Remove skin and trim fat from chicken. Place in a small roasting pan. In a small bowl, mix lemon rind and juice, water, parsley,
fine herbs, salt and pepper. Pour over chicken. Bake chicken, basting every 20 minutes with juices, for 1 hour or until tender. Place chicken on a serving plate. Spoon juices and herbs over.
You're welcome to share the recipe on Pinterest, Facebook etc. I'm also sharing a lot of recipes on the HBHW Facebook page. Click on through to check it out. As always, likes, comments and shares are much appreciated. :) |
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Chili is an easy and versatile dish. You can make it with
all different kinds of meat such as beef, turkey, chicken or venison. You can also make it with or without beans.
You can also make it as spicy as you like. In other words, it’s a simple recipe that you can tweak to your liking.
Here are some of the recipes you'll find inside:
- Kid Friendly Chili
- One Pot Chili
- Fast and Easy Chili
- Red Bean and Corn Chili
- Crock Pot Chili
- Quick
and Easy White Chili
- Crock Pot Cowboy Chili
- Corn and Black Bean Chili
- No Tomato Crock Pot Chili
- No Beans and Tomatoes Chili
- No Bean Chili Recipe
- No Bean Meat Lover’s Chili
- Homemade Chili
- Spicy Chili
- Gluten Free Chili
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Ants on a Log: Take clean celery sticks and cut them into 5 or 6 inch lengths. Spread peanut butter down the center of them, and then lay raisins on top of the peanut butter. This is a favorite of my kids.
Snow on the Chimney: Similar to the one above, except you use cream cheese instead. Grown-ups tend to like this one better than the
kids.
Popcorn: Popcorn, popped on the stove, or in a pop-corn popper is one of the greatest inventions ever. I use 1/4 cup (half a stick) of margarine to coat every large bowlful of popcorn.
Boiled Eggs: or Deviled Eggs, both make great snacks. Whenever I boil eggs, I do at least a whole dozen to make sure there are enough to fill up all the empty spaces growing children seem to have.
Vegetable Sticks:
Celery and Carrot sticks most often, but Broccoli, radishes, turnip slices, green pepper and summer squash also show up regularly.
Fruit: Fresh fruit like apples, oranges, bananas and all others in season make super snacks. Dried fruits are also good, raisins, apricots, banana chips etc. Canned fruit, especially pear halves, peach halves and pineapple slices all have good kid appeal.
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Crackers and Cheese: Cut cheese into small squares
and serve them on a plate with a sleeve of saltines. The kids like to arrange little sandwiches out of them. Baloney, cut into small triangles is nice to add too.
Crackers and Peanut butter: Saltines with peanut butter are delicious. You can top them with raisins, banana slices, or substitute cream cheese for the peanut butter Jelly is also good with peanut butter, or cream cheese, or by itself.
Tortilla chips
with cheese: Place a big pile of tortilla chips onto a large plate. Sprinkle them liberally with cheese and microwave until the cheese is melted. This can be done in the oven too, on a pizza pan, or cake tin. Serve with salsa if desired.
Kid Kabobs: Kids really love these, but some grownups like ’em too. You need toothpicks, cheese cubes, pineapple or banana chunks, and meat chunks. I have used cubed spam, ham chunks, and hot dog slices
successfully. Other things could be used too, just look in the fridge and use your imagination. Be sure to let the kids thread their own kabobs. This is the snack’s main attraction.
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Homemade Convenience Foods
Make even more convenience foods right at home! You'll save money, control ingredients, and avoid expensive "fast foods" when you start making your own favorite
convenience foods.
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Featured Article of the Week |
10 Yummy Slowcooker Soup Recipes
Winter is here and that means we’re eating a lot of soup. There’s just nothing better than coming home to a nice warm pot of soup. Just whip up some biscuits to go with it, make some toast, or dust of the bread maker and start some bread when you’re starting the soup in your crockpot.
Below you’ll find 10 of my favorite Slowcooker soup recipes. These make a regular appearance on my weekly meal plan.
Not only are soups absolutely delicious, they are also quite frugal and by using your crockpot you don’t have to worry about stirring pots all day.
- 1 lb bag or 2 cups mixed beans, soaked overnight
- 7 C
water
- 1-2 lbs ham, cubed
- 1-2 pressed cloves garlic
- salt, celery salt, and pepper to taste
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning and/or Herbs de Provence
Put all ingredients into your crockpot and cook on LOW for 8 hours. - 3-1/2 cups peeled, diced potatoes
- 1/3 cup chopped celery
- 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
- ¾ cup diced ham
- 3-1/4 cups water
- 6 chicken bullion cubes
- ½ t. salt
- 1 t. pepper
- 5 T. flour
- 5 T. butter
- 2 cups milk
Stir all but milk, flour and butter into crockpot. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, check tenderness of
potatoes. 20 minutes before serving, melt butter in a saucepan, add flour and gradually add milk, stirring constantly over med heat until thick. Stir mixture into crockpot. Let cook 15-20 minutes more.
- 1 small
onion, chopped
- 2 large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 medium zucchini, sliced 1” thick
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 15 oz cans kidney beans, drained
- 6 cups beef broth
- 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 t dried basil leaves
- ½ t. dried oregano leaves
- ½ t. salt
- ¼ t. pepper
- 2 cups cooked small pasta
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Combine all ingredients except macaroni
and Parmesan cheese in the stoneware. Cover cook on Low 8 to 9 hours or on High 4 to 5 hours. Stir in macaroni. Serve sprinkled with cheese. I substitute 1-1/2 t. Italian seasoning for the basil and oregano.
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A Little Something Inspirational...
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That's it from me for this week. I am busily knitting away on Christmas presents. I have quite a few pairs of socks in the works and spent last Sunday casting on a sweater for my daughter. It's become a bit of a tradition that I make her a new sweater or cardigan for the Holidays. I'll take pictures and write up a post about it over the next week or two.
Right now it doesn't really look like much of anything.
Did you see that the new issue of the Homemaker's Hutch magazine is out? It's beautiful
and full of amazing articles, recipes and a knitting pattern from me. I think you'll enjoy it. Check it out if you're not already subscribed.
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